Mid-Ride and the Pride

Mid-Ride and the Pride

Photo c2009 by Nickers and Ink

No Wrest for the Wicked

The fox-hunting season began,

As horses and hounds swiftly ran -

The boy’s name was Reed,

The pony’s Stampede.

Grandfather held on with one hand.

Herein they began a quick trip,

As mini attempted to flip.

The little one wailed,

But honor prevailed,

As Senior lost not his strong grip.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“mid-ride”)

Friday Flash-55 (55 words)

Meme Express (Friday Freedom)

Simply Snickers (“reed” or “read” and “rest” or “wrest”)

Photo prompts:

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Odd Shots (photo/s – odd shots)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Sunday Stills (photo/s)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Weekend Snapshot (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (photo/s)

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Happy Homework

Happy Homework

As children head off for the start of the year,

The garden awaits with its colorful cheer.

Photo copyrighted by Nickers and Ink.

Solace in Solstice

The September solstice arrives all too soon,

And hearts wax nostalgic for weekends in June.

But colors grow warm, though the mercury drop,

As earth tilts away from the sweet sun atop.

Out of the bark of a hundred dead trees,

My yellow rudbeckia takes its sweet ease.

Beside the bright blooms, hearty sedum stands tall

Awaiting the final arrival of fall.

The lily stems, bare, are beginning to bend,

Unknowing perhaps of the dark they portend.

Though silent, the sweet fragrant romance may last

Till every blossom does drop from the mast.

For life in our land may be fleeting at most;

The fairest of flowers must give up the ghost.

And yet still remains key persistence of trust

That death will give in to new life in spring’s gust.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“for life”)

Heads or Tails (“yellow”)

Meme Express (Sunday Invitation to Simply Snickers)

Monday Poetry Train (poem/s)

One Single Impression (“romance”)

Simply Snickers (“bare,” “bark” and “beside”)

Sunday Scribblings (“key”)

Theme Thursday (“beginning”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“homework”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“silent”)

Photo prompts:

Odd Shots (photo/s – odd shots)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Sunday Stills (photo/s)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Today’s Flowers (photo/s – flowers)

Watery Wednesday (photo/s)

Weekend Snapshot (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (photo/s)

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

Click here to visit Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink.

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Airy August Acrostics

Airy August Acrostics

Photos copyrighted by Nickers and Ink.

Pawn

Placed in position, Always at attention. Warriors will wonder not –

Named by those they trust.

 

Ants in Your Pants

Arrhythmic staccato,

Numbly prancing,

Timeless dancing.

Sinews spring to action.

Interruptions

Never know order.

Yelling and yammering,

Outbursts unceasing -

Undercurrents of impatience,

Rumbling repeatedly.

Put that down.

Afterwards – not now.

No. No. No.

Time to sit still.

Stop it!

 

Reincarnation

Returning to origins,

Everything takes turns.

Into the Creator’s hands,

No one may deny.

Can we see the future

And what form it will take?

Rebirth and renewal

Name our deepest hope.

Almighty! We cry out to You.

Take our tired limbs

Into Your tireless ones.

Only You hold power of life and death.

Never let us go.

Angels and Demons

Absolute opposites 

Never negate 

Genetic ties. 

Eternity calls. 

Look and learn. 

See the similarities. 

 

Animosities endure, 

Never knowing 

Dominion is done. 

 

Dare they defy 

Everlasting order, 

Mounting their mettle 

Over the heavenlies? 

Now and forever, 

Sovereignty is unchanged.

 

Love Me Tender

Let’s linger awhile;

Only we two.

Velocities can wait;

Everything fades.

 

Maybe we can make a moment

Extend beyond experience.

 

Touch me with words,

Embracing our ears and hearts -

No need for nonsense.

Don’t you hear it?

Each hearts listens

Ready for a rapt report.

 

Posted for these prompts:

Acrostic Only

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Odd Shots (photo/s – odd shots)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Sunday Stills (photo/s)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Today’s Flowers (photo/s – flowers)

Watery Wednesday (photo/s)

Weekend Snapshot (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (photo/s)

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

Click here to visit Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink.

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